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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Introduction

Posted by Jacob Murphy
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Jacob Murphy
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,014 Points

Terminal, Shell, or Console?

So I'm on mac OSX, using the latest Yosemite update. Which application do I use for this course? There's three that come up, Shell, Terminal, and Console. What are the differences and which do I use?

Thanks a bunch for any help provided!

1 Answer

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
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Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
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The terminal gives you access to the console, or shell. Maybe it's just got different names listed there because they're kind of used interchangeably.

"Open the terminal" almost always means "open the console" which almost always also means "find a way to get to your shell prompt"

If you find yourself opening a window and you're in your home directory, you're using the right tool. :)

Jacob Murphy
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Jacob Murphy
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,014 Points

Thanks a bunch man! I can now continue confidently